Parking at 850 S Michigan Ave
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 800–899 S Michigan Ave. Everything here is from City records — 139,112 parking tickets written across 125 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Not published
No 2026 season is published for this section.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
5
629 S State St (5 min walk) · 630 S State St (5 min walk)
Streets to watch near 850 S Michigan Ave
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1200 S State St alone took 844 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.
Street cleaning844 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 1200 S State St — 844 tickets, 7 min walk SW
Permit zones9,794 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 1300 S Michigan Ave — 2,351 tickets, 9 min walk S
- 800 S Financial Pl — 1,285 tickets, 9 min walk W
- 800 S Wells St — 1,269 tickets, 10 min walk W
Plate checks1,940 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 1300 S State St — 733 tickets, 9 min walk S
- 400 S Plymouth Ct — 585 tickets, 8 min walk NW
- 300 S State St — 211 tickets, 9 min walk NW
Posted restrictions18,483 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 500 S Clark St — 2,757 tickets, 9 min walk NW
- 1100 S Wabash Ave — 2,432 tickets, 4 min walk SW
- 500 S State St — 1,502 tickets, 6 min walk NW
Metered blocks106,610 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 1300 S Wabash Ave — 7,106 tickets, 9 min walk S
- 0 E 9th St — 6,004 tickets, 1 min walk SW
- 0 E 11th St — 5,892 tickets, 4 min walk SW
Other enforcement932 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.
- 400 S Dearborn St — 686 tickets, 9 min walk NW
- 0 E Roosevelt Rd — 177 tickets, 5 min walk S
- 600 S Michigan — 69 tickets, 4 min walk N
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 629 S State St — speed camera, 5 min walk NW
- 630 S State St — speed camera, 5 min walk NW
- 385 Michigan Ave — speed camera, 9 min walk N
- 311 S Michigan Ave — red-light camera, 9 min walk N
- 73 E Jackson Blvd — red-light camera, 10 min walk N
How to not get any of these
- A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
- A spoken warning before you reach any of the 5 cameras nearby.
- Your city sticker and plates bought on time — a missed sticker is $200.
- The tickets you still get contested by mail, where 59% are dismissed.
The average ticketed Chicago driver pays $319 a year in fines and late fees. Autopilot is $99/year.
Ticket counts are parking citations issued 2023–2025 from City of Chicago records obtained under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act (5 ILCS 140), placed to the 100-block. Speed and red-light citations are counted separately. Street-cleaning dates are the City’s published 2026 season for ward , section . Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.